Tractor-wheel.



l. BEARD.

TRACTOR WHEEL. APPLICATION FILED jun/27.1915.

Patented' Oct'. 5, 1915.

m M 0 U A "tionl i ments on the tracklsectionsyso 'that' the lat-y Fig. 2 is a transversevertical .'seetiQn on th'e" linef2-2fl"ig. l; andjF-ig. Sis ka sicleelef or axes'in such. anfrularrelatio thatr'aL Tegemofewimnn f l integere 'b all 'wl-'tom it may toner/rnv v rBe it known that, I, JAMES: ERARD, aperti folloivingfis a full, cleanland exat; de 'seri'p My invention relatestothe type, pjfttigactor wheel forming" the subjeet-matterl jof my llnited States application Aled Felru'fmy 1914. SerialfNo. 816,738, in"-ivhi ch'-'separate rigid track sections are arranged in 4'a'i1gu-la-r relation to each other and in connectbnwvith:

gear elements in mesh withV andimating" ele-` "':toa practical extent,` "I 'pr sections vith side' plates 1145 ter are alternately turned. Y

In my present invention. prOVidefa-nimFi proved arrangement 'of the 'gearl elements l and track sections, wherebylsaid track sections xvill embrace and'honse the gear ele..

ments to a practical extentpwhfby tof exa. clude grit, ete. J

scriptien forming p'artofl this 'specifioati'om inv'hich similar Characters of reference" 1n and in Whichz. v

Figure 1 is asectional side elevation'ofa tractor wheel embodying my invention, .the section being taken onthej line I-'L Eig. 2;

vation.

gear Wheels 1l mesh. The respective track sections are rigid and non#deformablefand are movable relatively to oneanotherin-reseveral sections are 'disposed' vvithl .theirv malonger side ofone track section willA bea-lvvays en the gromid.'v4 I indthat a seriesfof three track sections l2 and corresponding `rear 'Wheels ll 1s particularly effective 1n 1n-" suring an ample surfacev in Contact with the vvill nd its-Waytoht :7 event prevent fgrorindi The Wheelf lll :inturning Will travel' along'that section; presenting its major axis: horizmt'ally,andv vvil'l carrv long andv turn the,l mating '.trac'k sections bodily until fthe "'forvvgardfend offthferstmentioned sect'iiiigl lect. thS? and 'the racksf height to. minilnieV-.th' quthffl ln carryingout my inventionfin accord'- ance with the illustrated example, an aXle l0 is provided and fixed thereon are a :se-f ries oigear Wheelsll. lfLssociated'witheachjv gearavheel ll' is an-oblfo'ngftra'ck section '121; provided onl the interior ywith a Vcontirn'loiis f rack or series y'ef'teethgl with W-hiclijthe.

posed side by side With" theirmajorfa'ves angular relntljom said sections eac-hlfhevingj a continuous lnte'r-nal series of gear teeth, an

--aXl, onjfor each track section and in mesh with the teethjof the Vlatter',f ,tlie said track:` i sections having side plates le1nbi-*aein-gr f and -1 housing .the -respectivegear Wheels and providing oblong I.p assagzje'sfor the relative dis.-

plaoemntof lthe track-sections on `the axle., `jln vtestimony ,whereof have subscribed :Witnesseszi- 5 ELMo CLARE, "F: A5-T1113.;

my naine: to this'speciication in the",presen ce lllagiiese this patent may be obtainedifor five centsieach;V by 'addressing the C omnuissoner of Patents Washington,D.Q.

nghteecessiveiyf axle,f andfka` series of geargwheels-j'on said elongated" `slots di 

